LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 



To His Excellency, The Governor of Arizona, 

 Bxecntive Department, Phoenix, Arizona. 



Sir: I have the honor herewith to transmit to you the Twenty- 

 seventh Annual Report of the Arizona AgricuUural Experiment Sta- 

 tion, of the College of Agriculture, University of Arizona, for the 

 fiscal year ending June 30, 1916. 



This report is made in accordance with the Act of Congress, ap- 

 proved March 2. 1887, establishing Agricultural Experiment Stations, 

 and the Act of Congress, approved March 16, 1906, known as the 

 Adams Act. 



Faithfully yours, 



R. B. VON Kli^inSmid, 



President. 



President R. B. von KleinSniid, 

 University of Arizona, 



Tucson, Arizona. 



Dear Sir: I submit herewith the Twenty-seventh Annual Re- 

 port of the Agricultural Experiment Station for the fiscal year ending 

 June 30, 1916, with subsec[uent items. 



This report relates to the administration of the Station and to 

 the work in Agronomy, Botany, Plant Breeding. Horticulture, Animal 

 Husbandry, Entomology, Chemistry, Irrigation Investigations, and the 

 Weather: and includes a chapter on Agricultural Education. 



Very truly yours, 



R. H. Forbes, 

 Dean and Director. 



